When I first moved to Australia, and my mother was still alive, and my children were small, she delighted in making sure they had trinkets and toys which connected them with an English childhood. She would send them books on woodland animals, toy farms with farmer's wives (sic) throwing corn to chickens, small model tea pots and best of all the small figurine of Mr Toad and Ratty which, I believe, came from a tea packet (maybe you had to save tokens and send away for them?). Over the years, both got chipped and lost their feet so I was delighted to find the full set on ebay. It's taken a few weeks for the shipping but they are just as lovely as I expected. Of course, I have already chipped off Ratty's foot and will now have to store them on a velvet cushion.
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It is very sweet that your mum did that for the girls.
Posted by: ganching | Saturday, 01 February 2020 at 08:21 AM